Aug
29
Clean and Free Hydrogen From Charcoal and Laser Light
August 29, 2013 | Leave a Comment
Based on hints from research decades ago, Ikuko Akimoto and colleagues at Wakayama University are reporting that powder from high-grade charcoal and other forms of carbon can free hydrogen from water illuminated with laser pulses. For many, this would be quite a breakthrough. Using a gas component analysis and a repeated irradiation experiment, it was […]
Aug
28
Closer to Hydrogen Production in a Solar Panel
August 28, 2013 | Leave a Comment
HyperSolar, Inc. has announced that its artificial photosynthesis technology is now capable of producing 1.0 volt open circuit voltage for use in direct solar hydrogen production. This achievement represents a dramatic voltage increase over the previous 0.2 volt just 8 months ago, and 0.75 volt just 3 months ago. The firm’s goal is a breakthrough […]
Aug
27
Genetic Research Shows Path to Easier Biofuel Production
August 27, 2013 | 1 Comment
Research findings published online in Science Express show a way for new initiatives supporting a bio-based fuel economy. An international collaboration of plant scientists from VIB and Ghent University (Belgium), the University of Dundee (UK), The James Hutton Institute (UK) and the University of Wisconsin (USA) identified a gene in the biosynthetic pathway of lignin, […]
Aug
23
Combined Fungus and Bacteria Process Makes Biofuel
August 23, 2013 | 4 Comments
A University of Michigan research team has joined the forces of a fungus and E. coli bacteria to turn tough waste plant material into isobutanol, a biofuel that closely matches gasoline’s properties in a combined species process. The research team members said the principle also could be used to produce other valuable chemicals such as […]
Aug
22
A New Rechargeable Flow Battery Idea
August 22, 2013 | Leave a Comment
MIT researchers have engineered a new rechargeable flow battery that doesn’t rely on expensive membranes to generate and store electricity. Instead the battery stores and releases energy in a system that relies on a phenomenon called “laminar flow”. In a laminar flow two liquids are pumped through a channel, undergoing electrochemical reactions between two electrodes […]
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